zerofree -- A utility to force un-used ext2 inodes to hex zero
http://intgat.tigress.co.uk/rmy/uml/
zerofree is a tuility to set filesystem blocks that are listed in the 'free inode' table of an ext2 filesystem, to a well compressible hex x00 This tool inspired bu the ext2fs privacy (i.e. secure deletion) patch described in a Linux kernel mailing list thread WARNING: The filesystem to be processed should be unmounted or mounted read-only. You have been warned